Wirecard (OTCMKTS:WCAGY) and LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) Head-To-Head Survey

LiveRamp (NYSE:RAMP) and Wirecard (OTCMKTS:WCAGY) are both technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares LiveRamp and Wirecard”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LiveRamp	$812.94 million	2.83	$145.95 million	$2.28	16.59
Wirecard	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

LiveRamp has higher revenue and earnings than Wirecard.

Volatility and Risk

LiveRamp has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wirecard has a beta of 0.15, indicating that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares LiveRamp and Wirecard’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LiveRamp	17.95%	8.28%	6.29%
Wirecard	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for LiveRamp and Wirecard, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LiveRamp	0	6	2	0	2.25
Wirecard	0	0	0	0	0.00

LiveRamp currently has a consensus target price of $40.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Given LiveRamp’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe LiveRamp is more favorable than Wirecard.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

93.8% of LiveRamp shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of LiveRamp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LiveRamp beats Wirecard on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About LiveRamp

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., a technology company, operates a data collaboration platform in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates LiveRamp Data Collaboration platform enables an organization to unify customer and prospect data to build a single view of the customer in a way that protects consumer privacy. Its platform supports various people-based marketing solutions, including data collaboration, activation, measurement and analytics, identity, and data marketplace. The company sells its solutions to enterprise marketers, agencies, marketing technology providers, publishers, and data providers in various industry verticals, such as financial, insurance and investment services, retail, automotive, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, travel, entertainment, and non-profit. The company was formerly known as Acxiom Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. in October 2018. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About Wirecard

Wirecard AG engages in the provision of software and information technology for payment processing and issuing products in the field of outsourcing and white label industry. It operates through the following segments: Payment Processing and Risk Management (PP&RM); Acquiring and Issuing (A&I); and Call Center and Communication Services (CC&CS). The PP&RM segment refers to products and services related to electronic payment processing, risk management, and other value added services. The A&I segment offers settlement services for credit card sales for online and terminal payments. The CC&CS segment reports the complete value-added scope of its call center activities, with other products. The company was founded on May 6, 1999 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.